Telecoms, Page 47
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Mon, November 4th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
MTN Uganda launches rewards programme
MTN Uganda has launched MTN Elite, a loyalty reward programme for its customers including a personalised card and access to a dedicated MTN Relationship Manager. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 20:00 · Tom Jackson
MTN most engaging South African provider on social media
MTN is performing best in terms of fan engagement on Facebook, doubling the likes, shares and comments of leading operator Vodacom in spite of having less followers. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Orange interested in Vodafone’s African operations – report
French telecoms firm Orange has expressed an interest in acquiring some of Vodafone’s African operations, according to a Bloomberg report. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 13:40 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom to give out 40,000 free SIM cards to students
Telkom Business has partnered with Damelin, a leading South African private education provider, to hand out 40,000 free SIMS cards to students. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 12:40 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat exploring third-party tower deal in Nigeria
Etisalat Nigeria could be the next African operator to sell its telecommunications towers to a third party after a report claimed they were looking to raise around US$400 million from any sell-off. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 12:20 · Richard Cutcher
Growth reported from struggling Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent has reported a 7 per cent year-on-year revenue increase for the third quarter, with the global telecommunications company claiming its restructuring, including substantial job lay-offs, is having a positive effect. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 08:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Telecel Zimbabwe launches new product for businesses
Telecel Zimbabwe has announced a new product, Telecel Business, designed to help businesses and other organisations reduce their phone bills by 80 per cent. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 13:20 · Richard Cutcher
Maroc Telecom posts revenue drop, big rise in African subscribers
Maroc Telecom, the leading Moroccan telecommunications company currently the subject of an acquisition bid by Etisalat, has reported a 4.7 per cent drop in revenue for the first nine months of 2013 compared to the same period last year. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 12:20 · Richard Cutcher
Neotel posts revenue increase
Neotel has reported a 21 per cent rise in year-on-year revenue for the six month period ending September 30, amid ongoing negotiations with Vodacom over the network operator buying a 100 per cent stake in the company. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 10:40 · Susan Mwenesi
MTN Uganda partners with Air Uganda for ticketing service
MTN, in conjunction with Air Uganda, has launched a new mobile payment option on the airline’s billing platform to enable customers to pay for air tickets using their mobiles → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Safaricom, Western Union partner to allow free M-Pesa remittances
Safaricom and Western Union have partnered for a promotional deal that allows Western Union users in Europe to send money to Kenyan M-Pesa accounts for free until the end of 2013. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 17:30 · Kamau Mbote
Africa boosts Airtel’s revenues amid a weak rupee
Bharti Airtel has reported a 10 per cent increase in year-on-year total revenue for the second quarter ended September 30, boosted by large growth in mobile data revenue and traffic across various international markets, especially Africa. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 09:00 · Brandon Gregory
Telkom Mobile’s SIM-SONKE now available throughout South Africa
Telkom Mobile have recently made their SIM-SONKE service available throughout South Africa, which now enables subscribers to make calls from anywhere in the country. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 08:30 · Paul Adepoju
Globacom supports Nigerian vigilantes
Globacom Nigeria has launched Vigicom, a service that allows members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) to make free calls among themselves and their family members. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 16:00 · Nick Sato
Safaricom Foundation make $21 million investment over 10 years
The Safaricom Foundation has implemented more than 700 projects in the last 10 years, contributing over KSh1.8 billion (US$21 million) to impact the lives of the less fortunate in Kenya. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 15:00 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat takes big hit on African earnings
Etisalat took a 38 per cent hit on its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in Africa for the third quarter of 2013. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 13:20 · Paul Adepoju
Southeastern Nigeria suffers most from telecoms vandalism
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed vandalism of telecommunications equipment occurs more in southeastern Nigeria than any other part of the country. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
Cross border mobile money to hit $10b, but obstacles and cost increasing
International mobile money transfers are expected to exceed US$10 billion during 2013, according to a study by Juniper Research. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 08:30 · Winfred Kuria
Telecel drops data dongle prices
Zimbabwe’s Telecel has reduced its data dongle prices from US$30 to US$25, in a drive to increase its user numbers and make the internet more accessible. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 06:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom, Absa partner to provide audio visual libraries to Soweto schools
South African part state-owned operator Telkom and Absa bank have partnered to provide fully equipped mobile audio visual libraries to two schools in Soweto, Johannesburg. → Read more
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